Headwear



F. HEINEMAN Oct. 9, 1945.

HEADWEAR Filed Nov. 30, 1944 INVENTOR ORNEY Patented Oct. 9, 1945 HEADWEAR Frances Heineman, New York, N. Y., assignor to Herman Plaut Company, New York, N. Y., a

Application November 30, 1944, Serial No. 565,924

2 Claims.

This invention relates to articles of headwear, and particularly those worn over or adjacent to the hair, such as mesh or netted hair coverings, and similar articles, and one of the objects of the invention is to provide an attractive article of this character which can be easily placed in position of wear, which will effectively hold its place over the hair of the wearer, and which may be made highly decorative and of pleasing appearance.

An object of the invention is to provide an article of this character having means by which it may be engaged with the hair of the wearer to securely hold its ends in position, said means being of such a nature as to render them unobstrusive and largely invisible.

More particularly, the invention contemplates the provision of a decorative, elongated strip or band of netted or open-mesh fabric forming a hair-enclosing pocket, provided with flowers, festoons, ribbons, or other ornaments, and provided at its opposite ends with combs or other fastening elements for engaging with the hair of the wearer to thereby enable the article to not only be securely held in position of wear, but to enable it to be worn in a number of very attractive ways.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein an illustrative embodiment of the invention is disclosed:

Fig. 1 is a view of the inner face of the article;

Fig. 2 is a view of the outer face;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 is a view of one of the ends, showing the comb for attaching it to the hair; and

Fig. 5 shows how the article appears in position of wear.

The improved article of headwear consists 0 an elongated piece of fabric in the form of a strip I of open-mesh or netted material, folded longitudinally as at 2 and 3 to provide intumed portions 4 and 5, resulting in the strip being formed into an elongated pocket 6 capable of being used to receive and enclose the hair, and particularly to hold the rolled-up lower portion of the coifiure, as shown in Fig. 5.

At each end of the strip I is provided a means for attaching the end of the strip to the hair, such as, for example, a comb 8 f the character shown, or another suitable type of pronged member or hair-pin element which can be readily engaged with the hair. Stitches or other fastening means, as indicated at 9, are employed for 8 securing the combs 8 flatwisely to the inside of the strip. It will be noted that the combs are attached on the inside of the strip and the teeth IU of one comb are extended in a direction toward the extremities of the teeth on the second comb. Thus, when the strip is extended around the hair to enclose the rolled-up portion thereof, as shown in Fig. 5, the combs are inserted in the hair on opposite sides of the head, and they thus support and hold the strip in a pocket-like position, enabling it to enclose and hold the rolled portion of the hair in the manner shown.

While the strip may be used for the enclosure of the rolled portion of the coiffure, the same may be worn in numerous other ways to either enclose parts of the hair or to be otherwise draped over or around the hair in numerous attractive manners which will suggest themselves to the individual user of the article. Thus, the manner of use suggested in Fig. 5 is merely one of the many ways in which the article may be used, and is not indicative of the sole manner of use.

The outer surface of the strip may be decorated in many ways, such as by artificial flowers, ribbons, festoons, and the like, so that when the article is in use it will suggest a wreath of garlands on the hair. It is particularly desirable to provide the opposite ends of the strip with ornaments, such as the flowers indicated at H, such flowers or other ornaments so employed being stitched on the outside of the strip and in such positions that they cover and conceal, or at least partially conceal, the fastening devices or combs 8. Accordingly, while the article is securely held in place by its engagement with the hair, the means for securing the same is more or less concealed, and a very attractive appearance is the result.

While I have described one embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that the same is not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is:

1. A hair covering comprising a strip of netted fabric longitudinally folded to form an elongated pocket for receiving and holding the rolled portion of a coiffure, said strip having a comb member attached fiatwisely against the inside of the strip at each end of the strip, each comb having a cross bar and a plurality of teeth, fastening means embracing the cross bar of each comb to thereby hold the comb flatly against the net with the teeth of each comb extending inwardly from the end of the net at which it is located. each comb being covered by the net and the ends of the teeth on one comb projecting in a direction toward the ends of the teeth on the other comb, said combs being entrant into the hair at opposite sides of the head of the wearer.

2. A hair covering as set forth in claim 1 and including an ornament fastened to the net at each end thereof to cover and conceal the combs.

FRANCES I-IEINEMAN. 

